Chapter 16 of Jack and Jill is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Jack and Jill is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.” “Yes, mother.” “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.” “Yes, mother.” “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
Chapter 16 of Jack and Jill is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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making bread or cake or pastry etc.
From this reading ““I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.””
the act of making something clean
From this reading ““Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading ““Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.”
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading ““Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.””
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading ““Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.””
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading ““Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.””
taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
From this reading ““Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.””
plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading ““Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
making bread or cake or pastry etc.
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
the act of making something clean
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Yes, mother.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, mother.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I shall want you to help me about the baking, by and by.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Roxy is cleaning the cellar-closets, so you'll have to get the vegetables ready for dinner.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now fly round, child, and get your sweeping done up smart and early.”
Chapter 16 of Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 16 holds 141 sentences of Jack and Jill, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 141 sentences, grouped into 29 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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